They had a B&W photo of the late great Muhammad Ali on the front. You know the classic image of Ali snarling over Sonny Liston in the rematch to get up because no one would believe he’d drop him so early in the fight.

On the back? “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” written near the bottom.

So if you come into the ring representing like that, I’m expected you to handle your business and look impressive in doing it.

Wilder didn't have a “greatest of all time” performance, but it was good enough and he gave his home state fans what they wanted – a victory.

Highlighted by an explosive knockdown of Chris Arreola in the fourth round Saturday night, Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) remained unbeaten and retained his WBC heavyweight title with a technical knockout after the eighth round – and an injury.

After the fight, Wilder, 30, said he hurt his right hand in either the third or fourth round and later injured his bicep in his right arm, but that didn't stop him from challenging the top heavyweights in the world. He screamed out in the ring, "the question is, do they want me."

The media wasn't able to interview Wilder after the fight as he was being prepared to go to the hospital, but the Tuscaloosa native let it be known in his postfight comments proved by Swanson Communications he can get it done regardless of the circumstances.

“Man, it let’s me know I’m a force to be reckoned with," Wilder said. "If I have one hand or two hands, you can’t deny that I’m the best in the world. I’m going to still give it to you whether I have one hand or two hands. I won’t stop. As a champion it’s my duty to keep going no matter what I’m going through. Pain ain’t nothing to me."

Arreola did talk to the media and went on a profanity-laced tirade about Eric Molina, who apparently called him out after Saturday's fight.

"He like, 'You (expletive) coward, you (expletive), you quit,'" said Arreola, who knocked Molina out in the first round back in 2012. "I'm like, 'I didn't quit. Deontay made me quit.' My corner was smart enough to prevent me from hurting myself. I didn't quit. My corner, they're smart."

Arreola has always been one of those dudes who just doesn’t go away easy. Can take a thumping and keep getting off the stool for one more round.

That wasn’t the case Saturday night at Legacy Arena.

With an array of power punches, Wilder had the flabby Arreola (36-5-1, 31 KOs) reeling in the fourth, dropped him, did his version of the Ali shuffle and nearly took him out before the bell saved Arreola.

Needs to work on that shuffle, but Wilder had the fans chanting “DEE-ON-TAY, DEE-ON-TAY” in full unison.

Wilder wasn’t done, but he wasn't 100 percent, either.

He came into the fight with a burn on his right arm that according to his trainer, Jay Deas, was from doing yard work as he was training for the fight. Then he injured his hand and arm in the fight. So Wilder really coasted in the fifth and sixth rounds.

A younger Arreola may have taken advantage of that, but at age 35, he’s not in shape to really put the pressure on a younger, faster and more athletic Wilder. By the eighth round, Arreola was swollen around the eyes, sucking wind and his corner elected to stop the fight.

Good idea for both. Wilder might have seriously hurt Arreola – or himself. Wilder must stay healthy to get that huge payday all fighters want. The only way that's going to happen is to unify those multiple championship belts.

He’s not the greatest, didn't have an overall great performance, but Wilder continuing to defend his title in his home state is truly a great thing.